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Hundred Of Williton And Freemanners
The Hundred of Williton and Freemanners (also written as Freemanors) is one of the 40 historical Hundreds in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, dating from before the Norman conquest during the Anglo-Saxon era although exact dates are unknown. Each hundred had a 'fyrd', which acted as the local defence force and a court which was responsible for the maintenance of the frankpledge system. They also formed a unit for the collection of taxes. The role of the hundred court was described in the Dooms (laws) of King Edgar. The name of the hundred was normally that of its meeting-place. The Hundred of Williton and Freemanners consisted of Watchet the ancient parishes of: Bicknoller, Brompton Ralph, Brompton Regis, Brushford, Chipstable, Clatworthy, Old Cleeve, Crowcombe, St Decuman, Dodington, Dulverton, Elworthy, Exmoor Forest, Exton, Halse, Hawkridge, Huish Champflower, Kilton, Kilve, Lilstock, Monksilver, Nettlecombe, East Quantoxhead, West Quantoxhead, Raddingto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hundred (county Subdivision)
A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and in Cumberland County, New South Wales, Cumberland County in the British Colony of New South Wales. It is still used in other places, including in Australia (in South Australia and the Northern Territory). Other terms for the hundred in English and other languages include ''#wapentake, wapentake'', ''herred'' (Danish and Bokmål, Bokmål Norwegian), ''herad'' (Nynorsk, Nynorsk Norwegian), ''härad'' or ''hundare'' (Swedish), ''Harde'' (German), ''hiird'' (North Frisian language, North Frisian), ''kihlakunta'' (Finnish), and ''cantref'' (Welsh). In Ireland, a similar subdivision of counties is referred to as a Barony (Ireland), barony, and a hundred is a subdivision of a particularly large townland (most townlands are not divided into hundreds). Etymology The origin of the division of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halse, Somerset
Halse is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated north west of Taunton. The village has a population of 290. History The name of the village derives from the Old English ''heals'' meaning ''a neck of land''. The parish of Halse was part of the Williton and Freemanners Hundred. After the Norman Conquest the manor was granted to Robert Arundel who subsequently gave it to the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem in 1152, who held it through Buckland Priory in Durston until the dissolution of the monasteries, when it reverted to the Crown. The estate was sold to the Hawley family in 1545, and they held it until 1652, when Sir Francis Hawley sold it to the Wescombe family. It was later held successively by the Granger, Webber, Prior and Goldney families, before the estate was broken up in 1939. Governance The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stogumber
Stogumber () is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the eastern flank of the Brendon Hills. Besides Stogumber village itself, the parish includes the hamlets of Ashbeer, Capton, Escott, Higher Vexford, Kingswood, Lower Vellow, Lower Vexford, Preston, and Vellow. The village is on the route of the Samaritans Way South West. History The name comes from the Old English ''Stoke'', meaning 'place' or 'dairy farm', with the addition in 1225 of the personal name ''Gunner''. Approximately north-west of the village is Curdon Camp a univallate Iron Age hill fort. The camp was nearly completely destroyed by quarrying and bulldozing. The parish of Stogumber was part of the Williton and Freemanners Hundred. The manor of Stogumber was held from 1286 by the Andleys family, and later by the Sydenhams (1396–1626) and Notleys (from 1896). Five fulling mills were established in the village between the 13th and 18th century to support the clothmaking industry. A 19th-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skilgate
Skilgate is a village and civil parish east of Dulverton and west of Wiveliscombe in Somerset, England. It has a population of 96. The parish, which covers an area of 866 ha, straddles the boundary of the Exmoor National Park lying on the southern edge of the Brendon Hills, and is close to the border with Devon. History In the Domesday Book the village was recorded as ''Scheligate'', possibly meaning 'the opening on the boundary'. At that time it was held by Robert de Gatemore under Roger Arundel along with another manor in the parish known as Milton. They passed in the 20th century to the Ferguson Davie baronets. The parish of Skillgate was part of the Williton and Freemanners Hundred. Governance The Parish Meeting has responsibility for local issues, there being no Parish Council. For local government purposes, since 1 April 2023, the parish comes under the unitary authority of Somerset Council. Prior to this, it was part of the non-metropolitan district of Somerset ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sampford Brett
Sampford Brett is a village and civil parish situated at the south-western edge of the Quantock Hills, Somerset, England, less than south of Williton, just off the A358 road to Taunton. Geography It lies in a shallow valley cut by the Sampford stream running from Aller Farm, and its main street runs east–west from the church to the crossroads at the western end. To the south and east of the village there is a good view of the Quantock Hills and it is shielded from the main road by the rising hill to the north. History The village takes the first part of its name from the ''sandy ford'' which crossed the Doniford stream between Sampford Brett and Woolston and the second part from the Brett family, who held the manor from the 12th century until they sold it to the Courtneys in 1359. The parish includes the Domesday manor of Torweston. The parish of Sampford Brett was part of the Williton and Freemanners Hundred. Governance The parish council has responsibility for local is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Quantoxhead
West Quantoxhead (St Audries) is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the route of the Coleridge Way and on the A39 road at the foot of the Quantock Hills, from East Quantoxhead, from Williton and equidistant from Bridgwater and Taunton. The parish includes the hamlets of Weacombe and Lower Weacombe. West Quantoxhead is also known as St Audries. The St Audries Manor Estate was named for the dedication of the parish church to Æthelthryth known as St Ethelreda, who was also known as St Audrey. History "West Quantoxhead is spelt as ''Cantocheve'' in the Domesday Book.''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.1399 West Quantoxhead is listed amongst the large number of manors that are owned by William de Moyon. In 1086, the book notes that: "William himself owns West Quantoxhead" . Alnoth held it TRETRE in Latin is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of Edward the Confessor before the Battle of Hastings. and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Quantoxhead
East Quantoxhead is a village, from West Quantoxhead, east of Williton, and west of Bridgwater, within the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Somerset, England. History Above the village at Black Ball Camp are an Iron Age hill fort and evidence of Bronze Age burials. The parish of East Quantoxhead was part of the Williton and Freemanners Hundred. The village has a manor house, thatched cottages, medieval tithe barn, its own duck pond, and mill house dating from 1725. The manor house, known as Court House, has a medieval tower and other parts of the building which date from the 17th century. It has been designated as a grade I listed building. The manor was granted to Ralph Pagnall after the Norman Conquest passing down through generations to the Luttrells. No part of the estate has been sold since its grant around 1070 and is still owned by the descendants of the Paganel and Luttrell families. This required a special act of parliament in the 1920s to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nettlecombe, Somerset
Nettlecombe is a civil parish in the English county of Somerset. The parish covers a rural area below the Brendon Hills, comprising the small hamlets of Beggearn Huish, Torre, Woodford, and Yarde, together with isolated individual farms and homes. The parish population at the 2021 census was 426. The parish takes its name from Nettlecombe Court, an Elizabethan manor house which was once the manorial centre of the area. There are no shops or other services within the parish, which is instead served by the village of Williton, to the north-east. History The manor was held before the Norman Conquest by Godwin, son of King Harold, and subsequently was the property of the crown. In 1160 it was granted to Hugh de Ralph and has never been sold since. It passed down through the family to John Trevelyan in 1481 and is still held by his successors. The parish of Nettlecombe was part of the Williton and Freemanners Hundred. Governance The parish council has responsibility for loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monksilver
Monksilver is a village west of the town of Williton in Somerset, England, on the eastern flank of the Brendon Hills and the border of the Exmoor National Park. The Coleridge Way footpath passes through the village. History The name of the village means ''monk's wood''. In the Domesday Book it was simply ''Selvre'', from the Latin ''silva'' for a wood, although it has also been suggested that ''Sulfhere'', in AD 897, referred to the silvery stream below the village. In 1113 the manor was given by Robert de Chandos to endow Goldcliff Priory, which he had just established near Newport in Monmouthshire . In 1441 it passed, with the priory, to Tewkesbury Abbey and then in 1474 to the canons of Windsor. In the 14th century the name changed to "Monksilver". The parish of Monksilver was part of the Williton and Freemanners Hundred. In the 16th and 17th centuries it was a centre for cloth making and field names such as "Rack", at nearby Woodford, suggest this activity. Governan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilstock
Lilstock is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stringston in Somerset, England. It is north-west of Bridgwater, and north-east of Williton. It is on the coast of Bridgwater Bay on the Bristol Channel, near the Hinkley Point nuclear power stations. History It was recorded as Lytel-Stoke or Lulestock in the Domesday Book, and rendered at one time as Little Stock or Little-stoke. Its name is said to have meant "the stoc armof Lylla and his people". Lilstock was an ancient parish, part of the Williton and Freemanners Hundred. In 1811 of common land were enclosed as part of the Inclosure Acts. Lilstock became a civil parish in 1866, but on 25 March 1886 it was merged with Kilton to form the civil parish of Kilton with Lilstock, itself abolished in 1933 and absorbed into the parish of Stringston. In 1881 the parish had a population of 94. From 1974 to 2019 it was in the West Somerset district, from 2019 to 2023 it was in the Somerset West and Taunton district. Coast The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilve
Kilve is a village in Somerset, England, within the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the first AONB to be established, in 1957. It lies on the A39 road, A39 almost exactly equidistant from Bridgwater to the east and Minehead to the west. The village includes a 17th-century coaching inn, and a post office and stores. This part of the village, formerly known as Putsham, also contains the village hall, which was extended to celebrate the Coronation of the British monarch, coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Not far away is Doniford, Somerset, Doniford a settlement near the harbour town of Watchet. History The village was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as '' Clive'', probably meaning cliff. The parish of Kilve was part of the Williton and Freemanners (hundred), Williton and Freemanners Hundred (county subdivision), Hundred. Oil extraction At the far end of the car park are the remains of a red brick retort, built in 1924, when it was discovered that the Oil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
